How has your music taste changed?

[Jark]

I woke up this morning and chose Metallica and Nine Inch Nails (I'm so random, I can't believe I just did that!!), which got me thinking about what I listen to and when it kind of diversified.

so, how has your music taste (or listening habits) changed/evolved over the years? what were the triggers? do you still surprise yourself with what you like?

tell me.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Somewhat. My Spotify Unwrapped revealed to me that like most people, my teenage favourites make a bulk of my listening. Although I keep mining my most loved genres for more.

That being said I have developed a taste/ knowledge of other genres which I'd never previously touch, perhaps most notably jazz, which has become a staple of Sunday evenings at ours, although I'm far from an expert and know what I like. Although I probably had a bit of a penchant for smokey jazz from my early stoner days.

If anything I've only really expanded what I already liked. It's not like I've developed an interest in metal, rap or polka.

 

[octophone]

It's ever shifting. The main thing I had to get comfortable with was the notion that someone younger than me can make a record that completely blows my mind. Not just 'a decent listen' but 'fuck me, this is amazing'. I think a lot of people struggle with that, which is why they end up just listening to the bands they were into as a teenager.

Once done, the whole field is wide open.

Mind you, I wish it was easier and less expensive to get some of that really out-there 60/70s experimental stuffs. 3CD sets for £70 and all that, sheesh, no thanks.

 

[Jark]

I've become much more interested in dance music (house in all its many shades, in particular) over the last 5 years or so. until about 2010 I was purely a pop bitch. now I like to dabble in rock, hip-hop, jazz, country and soundtrack albums every now and then. so I think I've diversified.

on the other hand, 80% of what I listen to is still women. but it used to be mostly big pop girls. Spotify has made it so easy to discover lesser known artists. in general I've shifted to giving slightly left-of-field popstars and artistes the most attention.

 

[Ellie]

I never actually thought I’d listen to Classical music for fun, but it’s very relaxing and helps me concentrate. I gravitate towards piano based music.

 

[Dark Carnival]

First gay pop
Then indie/rock while rejecting everything pop (late teens)
Then embracing both
Then TECHNO

 

[GNL]

I found it interesting that most of my most listened to tracks on Spotify were new music this year. I was definitely one of those precocious "born in the wrong era" teens, so my music taste has changed in that way (although I still listen to plenty of old shit too).

It's quite funny that I may have got more open minded about new music as I've got older rather than less.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I never actually thought I’d listen to Classical music for fun, but it’s very relaxing and helps me concentrate. I gravitate towards piano based music.

I find soft classical and vocal free trance are both perfect for concentration.

 

[Jark]

I also don't think I'm most nostalgic for the music of my childhood. the period in music from about 99 to 2009 (when I was 8 to 18) is one I hardly revisit these days except for key albums. I'm more of the view that pop music has become infinitely better in the last decade.

 

[RJN]

I’ve always been into pop music, but I think I’ve expanded my definition of pop over the years to include the poppier side of any genre?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I also don't think I'm most nostalgic for the music of my childhood. the period in music from about 99 to 2009 (when I was 8 to 18) is one I hardly revisit these days except for key albums. I'm more of the view that pop music has become infinitely better in the last decade.

There's some good stuff at the moment, but I fundamentally disagree. I don't know whether it's age or external factors, but I feel like there's generally been a massive decline in the quality of pop over the last 10 years. I need my pop to have energy and it's been sorely absent.

 

[Rita]

I woke up this morning and chose Metallica and Nine Inch Nails (I'm so random, I can't believe I just did that!!),

 

[RJN]

Well I started a thread on nine inch nails yesterday so I’m clearly the MOST random person

 

[win_the_game]

I grew up listening to R&B, house and all sorts of electronic stuff. I’ve not had much interest in pop/top 40 music since 2009-10.

The last decade has been all about techno and experimental stuff, with some jazz, psychedelic rock(!) and a load of niche genres thrown in.

 

[octophone]

I never actually thought I’d listen to Classical music for fun, but it’s very relaxing and helps me concentrate. I gravitate towards piano based music.

Love me some Satie.

 

[Marina Salty]

A lot, cause most of my favourite ones died in their bathtubs.

 

[OutSynk]

I think what's changed the most is I happen to find and listen to a lot of music in foreign languages. I feel like that's where the best pop music comes from these days. Most of the "big pop" Popjustice or Mopsy creams over does nothing for me. I'm definitely discovering more music than ever before thanks to Spotify. I already went through all the different genre phases when I was a teen so now I've mostly just settled into the ones I love but I still listen to and come across different things depending on my mood.

 

[Generic Account]

S Club 7 then Evanescence then Taylor Swift then country folk and musicals and Carly Rae.

 

[OutSynk]

S Club 7 then Evanescence then Taylor Swift then country folk and musicals and Carly Rae.

The decay.

 

[RJN]

S Club 7 then Evanescence then Taylor Swift then country folk and musicals and Carly Rae.

You lost me at musicals

 

[Ellie]

A lot, cause most of my favourite ones died in their bathtubs.

Big Aaron Carter fan?

 

[OutSynk]

One thing I forgot to mention is the album format is pretty much dead to me and I feel FREE. Firmly NOT in the "Oh I've ONLY listened to this new Taylor Swift album 5 times I'm sure it will still grow" camp. Even If I like the album I'll still be picking out my faves and running most of the time.

 

[Generic Account]

I still listen to music every day but Podcasts and audiobooks have really hit into the sheer amount I listen to. The key times I'd have listened to music in the past - walking, driving, before bed - have been taken up by the other two.

 

[joeyczen]

Like most my first love was Spice Girls then I switched to strictly just Britney for years. Then by the time I was a young teen I liked The Killers, NIN, AFI, but still majorly into pop like Hilary Duff, Madonna, Britney. In highschool I switched to house music like Kaskade, Deadmau5, Offer Nissim. Now I am back into pop only BUT only difference is I love Europop, and pop from the UK. Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Rachel Stevens, Kylie Minogue.

 

[Mike(y) W]

I'm so old that I'm a total sponge when it comes to music. My parents' vinyl collection was my starting point so a lot of 60's & 70's stuff across different genres, but they also had a lot of classical, jazz and 'world music' albums - which made a most interesting change from the Disney compilation albums I was gifted as a child . ONJ, ABBA, Ella Fitzgerald, the Beatles, the Carpenters, the Stones, Haydn and Mozart were the ones I cherry-picked from their collections. Then I discovered Kate Bush, Blondie, The B-52's, Toyah, Lene Lovich and our paths parted. After that it was MJ, Prince, The Go-Go's, Bananarama, New Order, The Smiths, Madonna, Janet, Five Star, Ofrah Haza and then a rapid descent into full on whatever was being played on the gay scene for many years.

These days I do revisit mostly old favourites, but I do make a point of listening to the Spotify 'New Music Friday' playlist every week, because I was totally shocked and surprised by how much current chart music I actually liked when I tuned in to the Top 40 countdown earlier this year to find out if Kate Bush had gone up to number one. That's probably the biggest change.